The fourth pilgrimage, which took place during the fifth week of Lent, was focused on contemplating the Lord’s condemnation in the very place that commemorates it: the Sanctuary of the Condemnation, located in the complex of the Monastery of the Flagellation in Jerusalem. The Sanctuary was rebuilt in 1904 by Fr. Wendelin Hinterkeuser on the ruins of a medieval church, which was discovered years earlier and whose name is unknown. The new church was named after the large slab floor […]
In recent years, the shrines in the Holy Land have received millions of pilgrims from all over the world. Mystical places where the grace of Revelation is experienced. During this 2020, because of the Coronavirus, the sanctuaries of the Holy Land also had to face drastic changes: from the multitude of pilgrims to empty sanctuaries. The Custody of the Holy Land has the task of guarding 80 sanctuaries, from the largest to the least known, located on the current borders […]